Improvement in oilers



W. H. HARRISON.

OILER. No.188,049. Patented March 6,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFIcn.

WILLIAM H. HARRISON, OF LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN OILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,049, dated March 6,'1877; application filed November 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY HAR- RISON, of Livermore, Alamedacounty, California, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOilers, of which the following is a specification:

The figure is a side view of an oiler to which my improvement has beenapplied, partly in section, to show the construction.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved oiler, whichshall be so constructed as to catch and holdany oil that may run downthe stem, while at the same time keeping the outside of the can freefrom oil, and keeping the caught oil free from dust.

The invention consists inthe combination of the cup, provided with aninwardly and downwardly projecting ring-flange with the top of the canand with the stem, and in the combination of the perforated cup and thecap with the stem and with the flanged cup formed upon the top of thecan, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the can or body of the oiler, which is made with aspring-bottom in the usual way. Upon' the top of the oiler A, around thehole into which the stem 0 is screwed is formed a cup, B, to serve as afunnel when filling the oiler, and to receive any oil that may flow downthe stem 0 from its top. The upper edge of the cup B has an inwardly anddownwardly projecting ringfiange, b, formed upon it, as shown in thedrawing, to prevent any oil that may be in the cup B from spilling outwhen the oiler is being used. To the stem 0 is attached a smallfunnel-shaped cup, D, having several small holes, d, formed in it aroundthe stem 0 to allow the oil that may enter the said cup D to flow downinto the cup D. The cup D forms the top of the cap E, which cap is madein the shape of an inverted funnel, and of such a size and length as tocover and lit upon the edge of the cup B when the stem 0 is screwed intoits hole. By this construction any oil that may run down the stem 0 fromits upper end will be caught, kept free from dust, and held in such aWay that it cannot run out when the oiler is being used, and will flowback into the can A when the stem 0 is unscrewed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the cup B, provided with aninwardly and downwardly projecting ring-flange, b, with the can A andwith the stem 0, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the perforated cup D and the cap E with the stem0, and with the flanged cup B, formed upon the top of the can A,substantially as herein shown and described.

W. H. HARRISON.

Witnesses:

W. M. OHURcH, S. McGoNKY.

